The Institute of Women’s Studies aims at promoting women’s studies and the study of gender and society as an important and relevant scholarly field of inquiry, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.Our emphasis is on an interdisciplinary approach, mainstreaming gender analysis, and working with colleagues to develop gender analysis as a fruitful approach to relevant disciplines in the University. Our goal is to assist Palestinian students to use and adapt the concepts and tools developed in gender studies globally to understand and change their own realities.